Woodsburner: Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Winner, (Paperback)

from reverends

Historical Fiction is probably one of the harder genres for an author to succeed in, especially when it is not written as a sub-genre of Mystery, True Crime or Romance novels. Taking historical people and events and placing them within a fictional narrative can be a precarious balancing act; too ...

from reverends

Historical Fiction is probably one of the harder genres for an author to succeed in, especially when it is not written as a sub-genre of Mystery, True Crime or Romance novels. Taking historical people and events and placing them within a fictional narrative can be a precarious balancing act; too ...

from juniperSun

It is a delight to read a novel that doesn't assume I'm limited to a fifth grader's command of the English language. Altho the inspiration for this story came from an entry in [[Thoreau]]'s [Journal], Pipkin skillfully interleaves the perspectives of a handfull of other people, each of whom views...

from Clara53

What a skillful, accomplished, confident debut novel. In fact, had I not attended the book signing and presentation by the author, I would have never guessed it was the writer's first work - each character, even besides Henry David Thoreau, is so unique in this book. We always think of Thoreau as...

from bell7

On April 30, 1844, Henry David Thoreau accidentally set fire to the woods near Concord. From this little known historical occurrence, John Pipkin imagines the day of the fire, and the several characters it affects. There's Oddmund Hus, hopelessly in love with his boss's wife; Eliot Calvert, faile...